Hi all,

This week we take a look at two very different but important legal cases. One involves a woman who used MED during pregnancy and is now considered a child abuser. And in a California lawsuit, a retail CEO puts in writing what many in the state industry have said more quietly.  

In the issue:

• A Florida 2022 REC push
• California retailer sues state for abetting illegal market
• Woman appeals charge for using cannabis during pregnancy 

Until Friday,

Alex 

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Politics

• Congress watchers don’t expect banking reform this year, MarketWatch reports.
• Politico dives into Illinois’ messy equity experiment.
• Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had a high school job running a mimeograph machine. “If we still had them, we wouldn’t have to legalize marijuana, because the ink gave you a legal high that was incredible,” he said. 
  TIME
• Unlicensed growers are stealing the west’s water.
  AP
• Ohio will allow MED licensees to expand to meet demand.
  Cincinnati.com

Business

• PotCos are developing strategies for newer social media entrants Clubhouse and TikTok.
  MJBiz
• Podcasts have become a popular advertising platform for the industry.
  Morning Brew
• Inc. profiles Rosie Mattio of Mattio Communications, one of the country’s fastest growing marketing firms.
• The Napa Valley Register looks at cannabis wine tech.
• New Cannabis Ventures’ Alan Brochstein identifies a subsector of pot stocks where he sees opportunity. 
• The investing site also interviewed the CEOs of Verano and privately held MSO C3 Industries.
• In a lawsuit, a grower says a tossed cigarette cost him $40M in structural damages.
  Law360

International

• Italy will likely hold a referendum on decriminalizing next year.
  CNN
• Prohibition Partners is hosting a webinar today on the Japanese cannabis market.

Fun and interesting:

• An ex-drinker searches for a sober buzz.
  The New Yorker
• These two graphs explain why the indica/sativa distinction is bogus.
  Insider
• A new publication called Cannabis Passport calls itself the world’s first rolling paper magazine.
• “Stone(d) Fruit:” The Emerald harvests nine peach-inspired cannabis products.
• September 20 (9/20) was Magic Mushroom Day, a new psychedelic holiday.
  Magnetic
• The cannabiz is a plot point on “Billions.”

• Colorado-based retailer Green Dragon, which has agreed to be acquired by Eaze, launched REC delivery in Colorado.
• MSO Ayr Wellness closed its acquisition of one of 12 New Jersey vertical licenses.
• California-based Glass House Group acquired a 5.5M square foot SoCal greenhouse for $93M, $25M less than the previously announced price.
• Cookies is opening its first consumption lounge in Fresno County, Calif.
• MSO Australis, led by Aurora co-founder Terry Booth announced a partnership with Eaze through an acquisition of Herbs dispensary.
• MSO Acreage exited Oregon.

• Carson Hoffman has been promoted to supply chain and production director at Thompson Duke Industrial. 
• Dr. Gillian Schauer, PhD,MPH has been appointed the first executive director of the Cannabis Regulators Association.
• Canopy Growth Chief Legal Officer Phil Shaer is departing the company.
  MJBiz
• Brett Puffenbarger is adding Beard Bros. Pharms to his numerous other gigs. 

• Industry observer Rob McPherson had tough words for Tilray founder Brendan Kennedy and CEO Irwin D. Simon on the canceling of a grow and office complex. 
• “The State of California went from spending six figures to lock me up for selling cannabis to providing me six figures so that I could sell cannabis,” writes Yarrow Lee Kubrin. 
• @Swamiselect posted a video postcard from Ganja Ma Gardens.
• Mark Kingston shows off the hemp spray-foam insulation he’s developing.
• #stonedhenge
  @hinduza420

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Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Ben Sorensen; Venice Magazine editor in chief Jessica Graves and Jenny De Borja and Dan Lindblade of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce celebrate the opening of a Sunnyside, MSO Cresco Labs’ retail brand, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. They’re in front of a mural by Chuck Berrett. 

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